chicagotribune.com
May 2, 2008
The number of women accusing Bloomberg LP, the financial data and news service firm founded by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, of discrimination has risen from three to 58, with more likely to be added, a judge was told Thursday.The mayor is not a defendant in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit claiming discrimination against women who take maternity leave. He resigned as chief executive to run for mayor in 2001. He retains a 68 percent stake in the company.An EEOC attorney told a judge presiding over the case the agency continues to interview 478 women at the Bloomberg agency who have gone on maternity leave since 2002. The EEOC said the New York-based company with 9,000 employees engaged in a pattern of demoting women, diminishing their duties and excluding them from job opportunities after they disclosed they were pregnant.The firm has said the allegations are without merit.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-fri-brf4-bloomberg-discriminmay02,0,3202475.story
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